Thursday, 10. October 2002

Toumai man is really a female ape, say anthropologists


A skull described as the oldest human fossil is more likely the head of a female ape, say leading anthropologists. Milford Wolpoff and colleagues from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor believe the skull of "Toumai man" which was unearthed in the Djurab desert of northern Chad is not actually human.

¬> Independent

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